Slam Dunk to the Beach – Day 1 Recap by Phil Kasiecki Day One Scoreboard: Laurel (DE) 80, Cape Henlopen (DE) 75 (OT) Bullis (MD) School 52, Allentown (PA) Parkland HS 48 Fort Washington (PA) Germantown Academy 68, Burlington (NJ) Life Center Academy 54 Centereach (NY) Our Savior New American […]
Author: Phil Kasiecki
New Head Coach Recruiting
Getting it Done on the Recruiting Trail by Phil Kasiecki When a new head coach takes over a program – often with an entirely new staff – recruiting can suffer. Players being recruited may not know what to make of the new coach and if he’s significantly different from the […]
Touring the Northeast
Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki When the Going Gets Tough, These Eagles Get Going Boston College may be young, but the Eagles are playing like a veteran team when it comes to pulling out close games. Saturday was the latest example, as they pulled out a 58-54 overtime […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 21st Top Spot A Jinx You Say?: No. 1 Kentucky may have broken the curse on holding the top ranking, as the Wildcats were never seriously threatened in blowing out Indiana, 80-41 in Indianapolis. Chuck Hayes led the Wildcats (6-0) with 22 points and […]
Mike Jarvis Fired
Mike Jarvis Out at St. John’s by Phil Kasiecki St. John’s fired head coach Mike Jarvis on Friday, news that comes as little surprise to anyone familiar with the program in recent times. Jarvis had plenty of success prior to St. John’s and in his early days there, but the […]
Touring the Northeast
Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Eagles Drop Their First One, Then Almost Blow One This past week gave Boston College’s young team an introduction and a wake-up call. On Tuesday, the Eagles traveled to Philadelphia and lost to a St. Joseph’s team that might be the best-kept secret […]
Jameer Nelson
Nelson Returns and Will Finish On a High Note by Phil Kasiecki PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – Phil Martelli can’t say enough good things about Jameer Nelson. The St. Joseph’s media guide has no shortage of ringing endorsements by the head coach of his All-American point guard, and game after game he […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 14th All These Fans For a Basketball Game!: A record crowd for a basketball game gathered at Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday, as 78,129 showed up for the matchup between No. 5 Kentucky and No. 20 Michigan State. The game, dubbed “BasketBowl” and […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Big Win For Providence The Big East lost another undefeated team on Tuesday when Boston College fell to St. Joseph’s, but later that evening, Providence scored a big upset, knocking off Illinois 70-51. The Friars got off to a slow start, but then […]
Touring the Northeast
Touring Around the Northeast by Phil Kasiecki Eagles Continue to Win – Barely Boston College continued its winning ways this past week to improve to 6-0, though they needed overtime on Saturday in the Commonwealth Classic against struggling Massachusetts. The Eagles disposed of Holy Cross on Tuesday, nearly a year […]
